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A Plymouth marketing and advertising agency has donated an egg-stra special gift to the city’s food bank in the run up to Easter. Rather than buying Easter eggs, the nine employees at Sigma Marketing and Advertising based in Cremyll Street, decided to hold a collection. They raised £50 and decided to donate it to Plymouth Foodbank, based in Manor Street, Stonehouse. The money will go towards...

Devon County Council has received almost £7 million to help repair the damage caused to the county’s roads by the severe winter weather.

The additional funding from the Department for Transport is a share of £183.5 million of extra funding made available by the government to help with much needed road repairs following the wettest winter on record.

Over the winter, there has...

This week sees the return of the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile in Plymouth on Sunday 23 March at the University of St Mark & St John.

Hundreds of local people have already signed up to run one, three, or six miles, but there’s still time to bag a place, don that headband and enter the fun and games!

Plymouth City Council said: “We are delighted that so many people have...

Plymouth’s plans to go global as well as supercharge the city economy have been outlined in a key review of its local economic strategy.

The document, sets out the direction the city must take and how it should use the Mayflower 2020 as a flagship opportunity to help achieve its goals of becoming ‘one of Europe’s most vibrant waterfront cities where an outstanding quality of life is...